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Health Care Jobs Need Qualified Candidates

Health care is a hot career field, and many people are doing what they can to break in to the industry. There is only one problem. Many people who want to work in heath care do not have experience. This results in recruiters being bombarded with the resumes of unqualified candidates for available positions.

With job openings largely concentrated in specialized industries like health care, green technology and energy, some employers say the problem is finding qualified workers, which are in short supply. Meanwhile, they are inundated with eager candidates from other industries who lack the skills and experience that the job requires.

According to a recent survey by Human Capital Institute and TheLadders, more than half of employers said “quality of candidates” or “availability of candidates” are their greatest challenges — despite the recession.

Mary Willoughby, the director of human resources at the Center for Disability Rights in Rochester, New York, has been trying to hire registered nurses, home health aides and service coordinators for several of the agencies that she oversees.

Many of the positions, which require specific skills and offer salaries in the range of $30,000 to $45,000, have been vacant for six months or longer.

The job postings, which appear on CareerBuilder, Craigslist and some regional sites, garner a lot of attention, she says. “We get tons of résumés from people. We are just not getting highly qualified candidates.”

The problem, according to Willoughby, is that they are bombarded by résumés from job seekers without the two years or more of health care experience necessary. “We’re seeing a lot of people trying to break into the health care arena,” she said.

As a result, human resources spends too much time sifting through résumés for people who aren’t remotely qualified, and can’t find many that are. “We’ve gotten close to 300 résumés for a service coordinator position. Out of that we brought in four people,” she said.

There is no doubt that health care is a great place to find a job. To get a job in this industry, you will need some qualifications. A certificate or associates degree can help you to break in to the booming health care industry, and get the job you are looking for.

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